Health Insurance News

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), as well as five other national organisations, has welcomed the House of Representatives' report on a recent inquiry into adult dental services.

Medicare does not provide benefits for most dental examinations and treatment. So, if you need to access these services, you may want to consider taking out Australian health insurance.

Three new temporary work visas were introduced by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship last year: the 401 (Temporary Work - Long Stay Activity) visa, the 402 (Training and Research) visa and the 403 (Temporary Work - International Relations) visa.

The 401 visa allows you to stay in Australia for a maximum of two years as a religious or domestic worker, professional athlete or as part of a "reciprocal staff arrangement" (i.e. some form of work exchange program).

It's clear that diet and nutrition play a big role in our overall health.

Now, public health nutritionist associate professor Faruk Ahmed, from Griffith's University's School of Public Health, is taking that link further by researching how dietary behaviours are influenced by stress - in particular, the association between stress and diet among first year students at Griffith's Gold Coast campus.

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has called for the existing after-hours funding arrangements to be maintained for at least another quarter as issues of available hours for medical care and treatment are currently under discussion and debate.

This is so that outstanding issues arising from the transition of management of after-hours funding to Medicare Locals can be resolved.

The Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB) has just released their first annual report, which reveals that there is an urgent need for alcohol promotion in Australia to be better regulated.

The AARB is a joint venture between the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth and the Cancer Council Western Australia.

Their report demonstrates that young people are being targeted by inappropriate advertising campaigns involving sports sponsorship, product packaging designed to appeal to the young, and the promotion of excessive alcohol consumption.